Life: Mario Puzo was born in 1920
in New York, he was an American
writer, descendant of an
immigrant Italian family. Puzo was
Know as the writer of the mafia
since his works were well received
. Mario died at his home in July
1999 because of a cardiac arrest.
Literary works: The first two works :
´´The dark sand´´ and ´´The fortunate
Pilgrim´´ had a great welcome but consecrate
literary work was ´´GODFATHER´´ with which
he won two Oscars . Before his death , he
ended his last work called Omerta
Vocabulary that I
don't understand
about the book
1. Racehorse: It
is when a
horse is
trained and
bred for racing.
2. Batray: It is
when a person
is not loyal to
another person.
3. Thoughtfully:
It is when a
person tends to
think seriously.
My opinion:
I think that reading
was really good
because there were
few words I
understood but the
rest of the words was
easy to understand . I
really liked reading
the drama was very
interesting and had
parts of the reading
that made me laugh
because in the end
always Don Vito got
what he wanted and
also called my
attention the time
when the family of
Don Vito always
supported each other.
Characters that I like:
Don Vito: I like Don
Vito because in the
reading is a
respectable man
who always gets
what he wants and
the family comes
first .
Tom Hagen: I like this
character because it
uses very subtle ways
to get what Don Vito
orders him , he is calm
and is very smart to do
his things and always
stay with Don Vito.
Characters that I don't like:
Michael's girlfriend ( KAY)
: I don't like this character
because she always has
questions about the
business of Michael's
family and the things
they do to get what they
want.
Parts of the book that
made me laugh:
1. First part: ´´ My father
made him an offer he couldn't
refuse. Luca held a gun to his
head and my father told him
that if he didn't agree to let
Johnny go, Luca would blow
his brains out´´, this part
made me laugh (jajaja)
2. Second Part: ´´ What are you
going to do? Nice college boy.
You want to kill a police captain
because he hit you in the face?
This is bussiness. You're taking it
too personally´´ Also this
because Tom used those exact
words to Sunny minutes early
About Don Vito:
It is the fictional story of a family who
is charge of Italian mafia who lives
New York and is led by Don Vito has
three children, his son Fredo ,his
daughter Constanzia who has an
unhappy marriage, his son Sonny who
died in the war of the five families and
finally his son Michael who inherited
the business from his father.
Characterstics of the two sons of Don Vito:
1. Santino or
Sonny ; he was
tall,strong,
good-looking
man with
brown hair.
2. Fredo: he was
weak-looking and pale,
with sad dark eyes and
think lips.
3. Michael, he
was a gentle,
innocent quality ,
he had a soft
dark eyes and
full lips.
The chapter that I most liked.
I really liked the ninth chapter titled ´´A good American wife´´ because in
that chapter Michael marries Apollonia and live happily , Michael teaches
Apollonia to drive the car and teaches she how to speak English , but also
makes me sad because Apollonia dies an explosion and Michael is sad.
The chapter that I don't like:
I didn't like the eleventh chapter
because I didn't want Michael to marry
Kay, also I thought that Kay would noy
accept him back into his life because
he left for two years in which not
communicate with her and she didn't
know nothing about him, but she still
loved him so she married with him
The chapter that made me cry:
The dhapter that made me cry was the
twelfth chapter when Don Vito dies in
his garden when he playing with his
grandson, I didn't expect Don Vito died
almost young, but what calmas me is
that he dies naturally doess not die
accused of business.
the chapter that made me angry:
The chapter that makes me
upset is the eighth chapter
because Connie's marriage
was destroyed, her husband
Carlos hits her and she tells
her brother Sonny what
happends , when her brother
goes to her rescue he is
murder. that part made me
angry because the eldest son
of the family Corleone family
died by an absurd war .
Possible Final:
My possible end for this reading
could be that Don Vito would not die
so young , afther his recovery he
followed the command of his
business and control the other
families. So Apollonia and Sonny
would not die. Afther a few years Don
Vito died asleep
The place I liked most in the reading:
I loved the place Sicilian because in that place
Michael meets Apollonia and because in that
place was quieter than New York and I wish that
the whole family lived in Sicilian afther the
accident that Don Vito had.
Chapter that made me think:
The chapter that made me think was
the twelfth chapter when Don Vito
gives to Michael the last one advice
about don't trust anyone in this
business.